Right hand, left hand

In this investigation into the lop-sided universe, Chris McManus takes familiar, deceptively simple, questions about handedness and asymmetry and attempts to answer them. Uses sources as diverse as the paintings of Rembrandt and the drawings of Leonardo, the origins of medieval iconography, the history of medicine, cognitive science, molecular biology, particle physics and sport to explain the vast repertoire of "left-right" symbolism that permeates our everyday lives.